Program Goal: To support research, evaluation, information dissemination and other activities to help states improve adult education, and literacy programs.

Objective
1 of 1:
To support adult education systems that result in increased adult learner achievement in order to prepare adults for family, work, citizenship, and future learning.

Indicator 1.1 of 1: The National Reporting System (NRS), which supports performance-based reporting, will be fully implemented in all states to consistently provide high-quality learner assessment data.

Measure 1.1.1 of 1: The percentage of states yielding high-quality learner assessment data.

Year

Actual Performance

Performance Targets

2002

50

2003

65

75

2004

75

95

2005

96

2006

100

2007

100

Source: Adult Education State Annual Performance Reports

Frequency: Annually.

Next Data Available:
March 2007

Data Validated By: On-Site Monitoring By ED.
Program monitoring and data review and analysis by ED and Data Quality Certification Process. Data will be verified by electronic checks and expert staff analysis, and by requiring confirmation and attestation of data by state directors. State data are also checked independently by ED/OVAE during onsite monitoring and state audit reviews.

Limitations: Total data quality and full systems development are dependent on investments of staff and resources by states to adopt and adapt the models developed and promoted by ED/OVAE. States are supported by the technical assistance and expertise provided by ED.